[coyotos-dev] Some comments on Coyotos Microkernel Specification

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

   >I seems now understand why it have been implemented in this way. I still 
   >do not think that this is a good solution. This smells like premature 
   >optimization whithout thorough use case analysis and benchmarks. 

30 years of experience isn't enough?

   >A hash-based solution necessary has more collisions than interface name 
   >by the definition of what a hash function is. So the compression scheme 
   >based on hash is necessary loosy. So please do not use word 
   >"deterministic", because it simply is not. Deterministic compression 
   >scheme should have a deterministic decompression function.

In this domain, we shouldn't see more collisions. You are confusing "deterministic" with "invertible". Deterministic is sufficient here.

> [have] getTypeName() method that return alleged type name as string.

This is only useful for human consumption.

More to follow later.

Shap